Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

"It took me a lot of effort to get this colored pearl for you. How are you going to thank me?" Alyssa asked with a soft smile on her face.

"Let me think. How about I marry you?" Rocky playfully teased.

"Oh, you wish." Alyssa put on a lovely smile, but then she suddenly became serious and added, "After their rebirth, the calamity beasts will surely harm the life in all of the countries built by humans. I heard the news that a pestilence broke out on the Holy Dragon Empire's border. Many said that the infected people would become horrifying corpses."

"Yes, that's right. The situation is really not good right now." Rocky nodded in agreement. His playfulness earlier was gone now.

"The situation of the Timber Deity Empire is also not good now. Many rivers have become dry because of the power of the calamity beasts. And besides that, it hasn't rained for a month already. Thousands of people are starving to death..." Alyssa deeply sighed. She was extremely worried about their situation

"Tell me, is there anything I can do for you?" Rocky asked seriously.

"No, it's alright. You can't offer help to those who are far away from you anyway. By the way, where are the others?" Alyssa felt strange when she saw that Rocky was alone. He was always surrounded by so many women on a normal day.

"I asked Sabina and the others to do something for me. Meanwhile, Isis and Nigel have returned to the Imperial City. So, I'm the only one left here now," Rocky briefly replied.

"I want to stay with you for a few days, but my brother asked me to go back to the Timber Deity Empire right away. It's such a pity," Alyssa said with regret. It was a rare opportunity to be completely alone with Rocky, but she had no other choice. There were a lot of things waiting for her to deal with in the Timber Deity Empire.

"There will surely be another chance in the future." Rocky faintly smiled.

"But I can stay here for a couple of hours."

Rocky had already collected eight of the colored pearls including the one sent by Alyssa, so there was only one left. He planned to go back to the Imperial City first and ask the emperor about the previous clues left by the Witch of the Holy Dragon Empire. He desperately wanted to find out the whereabouts of the last

ful not only to the Holy Dragon Empire but also to deal with the calamity beasts," Rocky explained. If what the Holy Lord said was true, then it would be inevitable to find the Dragon Master Clan's holy treasure.

Lena hesitated for a moment. Of course, she trusted Rocky, but she also didn't want to see anything bad happen to him.

"So, Lena, could you finally tell me where the last colored pearl is?" Rocky asked gently.

"It's in the royal forbidden area with the remains of that Witch," Lena replied to Rocky.

"Father, can you give me now the other seven colored pearls?" After hearing the information from Lena, Rocky immediately turned to look at his father.

"Lena, go get them at once and give them to Basil!" the emperor said to Lena as he opened his Magic Spiritual Space with his spiritual power.

With that, Lena entered the Magic Spiritual Space. A moment later, she came out holding a palm-sized round golden box and handed it over to Rocky.

After Rocky opened the box, he saw that the seven colored pearls were arranged in a circle and placed in grooves. Then, he put the eighth colored pearl in one of the last two empty grooves.

"I'll go with you. I'm the only one who knows the location of the sarcophagus where that Witch was buried..." Lena knew that Rocky would immediately go to the royal forbidden area, so she said to him directly.

Rocky nodded and said goodbye to his father. Then, he left the Palace City with Lena and headed for the royal family's forbidden area.